Window shade bar



r(No Model.)

T. R. HYDE, Jr.

WINDOW SHADE BAR.

No. 850,884. Patented 081;. i2, 1888.

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THEOPHILUS R. HYDE, JR., OF VATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE SCOVILL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

WINDOW-SHADE BAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,884, dated October 12, 1G86. Application tiled June 7, .1356. Serial No. 201,800. (No inode-l.)

T all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, THnornrLUs R. HYDE, Jr., of Vaterbury, in the county of New Haven and State ot' Connecticut, have invented 5 a new Improvement in Vindow-Shade Bars, and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in con neetion with accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description ro ot' the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, 1n- Y Figure l,a face view ofthe lower portion of ashade,showing the bar attached; Fig. 2,an under side view ot' the bar, looking up, parts in section; Fig. 3, a longitudinal central section through the bar at the connection; Fig. 4, a

vertical section through the bar at the point of connection between the two parts ofthe :c bar; Fig. 5, a vertical central section through the shade and single portion of the bar; Fig. 6,a face viewshowing the bar made as in a continuous piece; Fig. 7, a top view of the bar, showing the method of connecting the end; Fig. S, a niodiiication in the method of attaching the har to the shade.

This invention relates to an improvement in the construction of the bar employed at the lower end of window shades for the purpose 3o of stift'ening the edge,and to afford a ineansfor attachment to the pull. The more common construction of this class of bars is to simply introduce a wood barthrough a pocketformed by doubling the lower end of the shade. Metal bars have, however, been employed for this purpose-as, ll'or illustration, in the form of a tube having a longitudinal slit at one side, and through which the shade is intro duced and secured within the bar 'by an en- 40 largement of' the shade within the bar,so that the metal surface ofthe bar appears upon the outside.

It is to the class of bars which are made from metal that my invention particularly re lates, and has l'or its object to produce a metal bar which shall be highly ornamental, and at the same time afforded at a very low price; and the invention consists in the construction, as hereinafter described, and particularly re 5o cited in the claims.

'The part E is The bar is made from thin sheet metal doubledinto U shape, as seen in Fig. 5, A representing the doubled bar, the space between the doubled sides corresponding in thickness substantially to the thickness of the shade, B representing the shade, and so that the lower edge ot' the shade may be embraced by the bar, the metal appearing on both sides. The upper edge ofthe bar is ornaniented by scalloping or otherwise, and its surface may be made highly 6o ornamental. A part ofthe ornamentation consists of a'series of openings, a, through both sides alike. These openings not only add to the ornamentation, but serveas a meausfor securing the bar to the shade. The openings are ot' a shape to receive the two legs of a tack, I), such as commonly called paper-fasteners@ These tacks are made from sheet metal, preferably with a spherical head, the two legs ilat thin metal, and so that the two legs passed 7o through the opening in the. bar and through the shade extend to the opposite side, where they are bent down upon the reverse side, as seen in Fig. 3, the head being the face side, as seen in Figs. l and 6. The number of these tacks may be according to the taste ot' the personapplying the bar.

To make the bar adjustablaso that the saine bar will be adapted to shades of various widths, I construct itin three parts, as seen So in Figs. l and 2, C representing the one end part, and D representing the other end part.

E represents the central or intermediate part. doubled so as to embrace the other parts-that is, the space between its two sides corresponds to the thickness of the part C, and as seen in Fig. 4, the several parts are corres])endingly perforated, and so that when applied and properly adjusted tacks may be introduced through the perl'orations 9o in the one part E,thence through corresponding perforations in the parts C C and through the shade, and bent down upon the reverse side, as seen in Fig. 2. The end parts, C, at their extreme outer end are constructed with a projection, d, which is doubled back upon the reverse side of the bar, so as to close the end ot' the bar, and as seen in Fig. 2.

In adjustingv the parts the two end portions are placed to bring the closed end against the Ico edge of the shade,and then the part E applied. The central part, E, is provided with the pull F, hung thereto. The bar, however, may be made of any given length and cut to the required length for the shade, so that the bar will be in a single piece throughout, as repre-v sented in Fig. 6, the turned end d being produced as the bar is cut-that is, the outer side left longer than the inner side, as seen in Fig. 7, and so that the longer side may be turned back upon the other side, as seen in Fig. 2.

The pull F is applied to the bar in the central position, and in the sanne manner as Abefore described. Y

Instead of applying tacks as a means of securing the bar to the shade, and which I prefer, they may be otherwise secured, and so as to add tothe appearance of the bar-say as by running a cord through the perforations and shade, as indicated in Fig. 8, the cord appear'- ing in alternate spaces on the front and in intermediate spaces on the back.

I do not broadly claim a doubled strip of sheet metal adapted to inclose the free end of avwindow-shade, as such,I am aware, broadly l considered, is not new.

end portions, C D, niade from sheet nietalA doubled into U shape, and so as to receive the edge of the shade between the two sides, com

bined with a central portion, E, doubled to embrace the end portions, C D, and the said portions constructed with a series of perforations, by which they may be adj ustably secured together and secured to the shade, substantially as described.

2. A window-shade bar consistingof the two ends portions, C D, made from sheet metal doubled into U shape, and so as to rcceivethe edge of the shade between the two sides,com bined with a central portion, E, doubled in like inanner into U shape, and .so as to e1nbrace the end portions,C D,the said threeportions perforated as a means for' securing the parts together and all to lthe shade, combined with a pull hung to the said central portion,E, substantially as described.

THEOPHILUS Vitnesses:

M. L. SPERRY, F. J. KINGsBURY, Jr.

n. HYDE, JR. 

